Grammar+Podcast

= Grammar Podcast (15 points) = THIS ASSIGNMENT CAN BE DONE WITH A PARTNER.

//Note: If you need assistance with the technology, please schedule a meeting during conference times.// Select a recommended book. As you read, consider how you can “bridge the gap” between students’ home and school discourses and how you can best instruct students in the conventions of SWE.

Your task is to create a two-part podcast. The first part will explain a grammatical concept that you feel it is necessary to teach. The audience for this podcast is both your peers and their students. In other words, this podcast should be able to be used by teachers or their middle or high school students to help them understand the grammatical concept.

The second part of this podcast will be a rationale for teaching this particular grammatical concept, as well as the description of the lesson/activity that you would use to teach it. You should attach any handouts that the teacher would need and a list of references. Please note: It is not necessary for you to include the use of the first part of the podcast in the lesson. The grammatical concept podcast will be available for reference, regardless of whether it is part of the lesson.

Post your podcast file and handouts to the wiki page for the Grammar Podcast. Because we will be posting these podcasts to a public space, we must adhere to copyright rules. Links to “podsafe music” can be found on the Teacher’s Podcast site.

__ The following resources will help you think about creating your podcasts: __  Grammar Girl, Quick and Dirty Tips [] Listen to a few of these podcasts to get an idea for how to explain a grammatical concept. Remember that your audience will be middle/high school students.

 The Rode Scholars [] Listen to this podcast about making a podcast. High school students put this together. You can find other podcasts by the students of this teacher on iTunes under The Rode Scholars.

 The Teacher’s Podcast [] Help for every step of developing your podcast on Mac or PC.

 Creating Podcasts on your PC   __ http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2005/04/05/create_podcasts_with_pc.html __ This article explains how to record with audacity, the PC equivalent to Garage Band, which is the commonly used free software for Mac users.

__ Rubric Criteria (3 points each) __
 * Attention to Audience – the degree to which the podcast is appropriate for the assigned audience and to which the podcaster organizes information and speaks in a way that is engaging and easily understood.
 * Correctness – the degree to which the podcast contains accurate information.
 * Rationale – the degree to which the podcast provides a clear argument for teaching the grammatical concept.
 * Instruction – the degree to which the lesson could be replicated based on listening to the podcast.
 * Effort – the degree to which the author attempts to use technology to complete the assignment.

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